Fluminense and Palmeiras face each other this Saturday, at 19:00 (Brasília time), at Maracanã, for the 24th round of the Brazilian Championship. The duel between vice-leader and leader is the highlight of the national football weekend.
Fernando Diniz can make a change in the team: the trend is for the coach to give Cristiano a chance as a starter on the left side, who had been improvised by striker Caio Paulista in recent games. The winger started well in the second half of the 2-2 draw with Corinthians last Wednesday, in the semifinal of the Copa do Brasil.
The Fluminense team is going through a very good phase, and has had only one defeat in the last 12 rounds, in addition to eight wins and three draws. In the last match held for the Brazilian Championship, the team performed very well, and beat Coritiba 5×2 at home, and wants to win again to shorten the distance to Palmeiras, leader of the Brasileirão, and has a very good as home team, as he comes from nine games without losing, with seven wins and two draws.
Tricolor is in 2nd position in the table, with 41 points conquered, with 12 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats, in addition, the team scored 37 goals and conceded 27 goals in this edition of the Brasileirão.
Outside the Copa do Brasil, Abel Ferreira once again had a free week to prepare, just like before the match with Flamengo. Although on Tuesday the team begins the dispute of the Libertadores semifinal against Athletico-PR, the tendency is for Abel to climb the main team.
The Palmeiras team is going through a very good moment, and comes from eight matches without losing, with six wins and two draws. In the last match held for the Brazilian Championship, the team drew 1×1 with Flamengo at home, and secured the difference of nine points for a possible title contender, and wants to win again to shoot even more in the lead, and has the best campaign as a visitor in the Brasileirão, with seven wins and four draws, being the only undefeated player playing away from home.
Verdão is the leader, with 49 points conquered, with 14 wins, 7 draws and 2 defeats, in addition, the team scored 38 goals and conceded 15 goals in this edition of the Brasileirão.
Retrospect: Fluminense and Palmeiras have already faced each other 116 times in history, with a wide advantage over Verdão, who won more than half: 62 games. Flu won 36 matches, and there were still 18 draws. In the goals scored, there are 199 alviverdes against 157 tricolors.
Both teams score
Returning to the classification, Fluminense has the second best campaign of the entire Brasileirão Série A 2022 in terms of home games. Tricolor das Laranjeiras has a performance of approximately 70% playing at home in this competition. In their last home game, Fluminense won 5-2, raising their average of goals scored in home matches. In terms of goals scored, in 75% of the games played at home, Tricolor das Laranjeiras scored goals.
The average of Fluminense goals in home matches is 2 per match. Palmeiras are not far behind, as they also have a good average of goals scored as a visitor in Serie A. Verdão scored more than 1 goal per game playing away from home in the Brasileirão Serie A 2022. That is, both Fluminense and Palmeiras are good in home and away games. Thus, it is believed that both teams will be able to score goals.
But Verdão’s situation as a visitor is simply incredible. It is no wonder that Palmeiras has the best campaign as a visitor in the entire first division. After all, the team led by Abel Ferreira simply hasn’t lost yet in away games in the Brasileirão Serie A 2022. In total, there were 11 games played away from home, seven of which ended in a win, four in a draw and none in a defeat by the Palmeiras team. .
